thesis; essay; treatise; paper; article
to defend against; to protect against; to prevent; to avert; to avoid
all worldly phenomena; meritorious acts leading to enlightenment; (Jodo school) all practices other than recitation of the nembutsu prayer
spring water; clear (pure) water
melting; liquefying; fusion
warm; mild; (pleasantly) hot; considerate; kind; genial
stopping tightly; sealing hermetically
lead monoxide; lead(II) oxide
to be found; to be discovered
whether or not (in phrases like "I don't know whether or not I can come")
board; plank; sheet (of metal); plate (of glass); cutting board; chopping board
to plan; to attempt; to plot; to conspire; to aim for; to strive for
washing; cleansing; cleaning; cleansing (one's mind and body)
to dismantle; to demount; to take something away; to detach
serious; important; significant; grave; weighty
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
whole life; a lifetime; all through life; (the only, the greatest, etc.) of one's life
one day; all day (long); throughout the day; first day of the month
(Western-style) banquet; formal dinner
3 o'clock; afternoon snack (eaten around 3 o'clock); three ages of Buddhism (following the death of Gautama Buddha; age of the true law, age of the copied law, and age of the degeneration of the law); three ages of the dharma
stomach-ache; stomach pain; gastralgia
fierce; intense; severe; violent; strong; vehement
to raise; to bring to (someone's attention); to appeal to (reason, emotions, etc.); to work on (one's emotions); to complain; to sue (a person)
person asking for advice; inquirer; consulter; consultor; counselee; querent (in tarot, astrology, etc.)
prescription; formulation; formula; recipe
twelve o'clock; noon; midnight
within; inside of; less than
gradually; steadily; slowly; little by little; step by step; by degrees
comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery
two days later; day after next; next day but one
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
after that; afterwards; thereafter
to accompany; to go hand in hand with; to be consequent upon; to be accompanied by; to bring with; to take with